Combined cultivator



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J. A. OGLETREE.

COMBINED OULTIVATOR, SBEDER,- PLANTER, AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

No. 373,475. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.v

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COMBINED GULTIVATOR, SBEDER, PLANTER, AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

No. 373.475. Patented Nov. .22, 1887.

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JAMES ALEXANDER OGL ETREE, OF RANDALL, ARKANSAS.

COMBINED CULTlVATOR, SEEDER, PLANTER, AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

BPECIPIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,475, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filed May 2, 1887. Serial No. 230,850. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALEXANDER OGLETREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Randall, in the county of Cleveland and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cultivators, Seeders and Planters, and Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined cultivators, seeders and planters, and fertilizerdistributers; and it consists in the construction, arrangement, combination, and adaptation of the parts of the same,which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

One object of my invention is to provide a machine combining a cultivator, seeder and planter, and fertilizerdistributor,wherein the several parts may be used unitedly or separately, and in which the seeding mechanism is provided with interchangeable attachments for use and connection with the different grades and sizes of seeds without necessitating the use of complicated and intricate mechanism, and in which the operation and government of the action and result of the several parts are under the control and judgment of a single operator.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a combined cultivator, planter, and fertilizer-distributer, the parts of which are simple and effective in their operation, strong and durable,easily handled, and readily understood, positive in their desired ultimate result, adjustable and interchangeable, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved combined cultivator, seeder and planter, and fertilizer-distributer. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe machine entire, Fig. 3is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a detailed plan view of one of the seeding attachments. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the machine with the seeding attachment removed therefrom.

A indicates the frame, to the forward portion of which a suitable tongue is secured,

and which is so constructed as to balance the machine when the team is connected thereto. The frame A is mounted on a suitable axle, B, which passes transversely therethrough and projects outwardly on each side thereof to receive wheels B B.

In the forward part of the frame A a hopper, 0, is mounted and secured, having a depending conveyer, C, which projects downward in close proximity to the surface of the ground. This hopper G is adapted to receive the fertilizing material, and in the rear side of the lower depending conveyor a feed-slot, c, is formed, through which the material or fertilizing substance contained therein is fed by means of agitating-arms 1 1, mounted upon and secured to a wheel, 2, which is keyed on the shaft B at this point. The agitating-arms or feeders 1 may be constructed either in the form of spoonshaped blades or as rods projecting radially outward from said wheel, and are adapted to either feed the fertilizing material by a continuous spreading action or in hills, as may be desired and applicable for use. When the spoon-shaped agitators are used, the number thereof will be considerably less than when the rod-agitators are substituted therefor. By this means the hills of the fertilizing material may be readily formed, and which is desirable when corn is being planted by the machine.

One face of the wheel 2 is provided with a caniway, 3, which operates and with which an automatically opening and closing out off plate, 0 engages and is operated. This plate 0 is pivotally mounted in connection with the rear portion of the depending conveyor 0 and bears at its one side against a flat metallic spring, G which is secured to the said conveyer on the one side thereof. The function of this plate 0" is to automatically open and close the lower portion of the opening 0 in the rear of the conveyor 0 as the agitating-arms 1 pass therefrom, so that none of the material contained in the said hopper will fall out of the said opening and be distributed when it is not desirable. 1n the upper portion of the hopper C an agitator, G, is mounted and se cured upon a rod, 4, passing outside of the one side of said hopper O. This agitator O is provided with two or more arms,c,which project downwardly into the conveyor 0, and are 2 seam adapted to agitate the fertilizing material in the lower portion of the said conveyer and prevent clogging thereof against. the opening a. The outer end of the rod 4,projecting from the side of the hopper O,is constructed in the form of a crank and has a pitman-rod, 5, secured thereto,which .passes over an eccentric, 6, mounted on the axle B to one side of the wheel 2. By means of this eccentric the rod 4 is revolved in an irregular manner and the agitator O, with its arm 0, is raised and lowered at regular intervals. I

On one side of the frame-work A and on the axle B, adjacent to one of the wheels B,is a sprocket-wheel, D, over which an endless chain belt travels, and also over a sprocket-wheel, I), mounted on a shaft, B", which is situated in the lower portion of the seeder or planting attachment E,situated and mounted at the rear portion of the machine. This seeding attachment E is constructed with the ordinary form of feeding-hopper, having a central aperture,

in which the periphery of a wheel, E, revolves in close engagement therewith. This wheel E is mounted upon the shaft B and has a series of apertures in-its peripheral edge,which are adapted to receive the grains or kernels of corn and convey them into a boot, E secured under the wheel E, and in the top portion of which the said wheel revolves. This boot E is of the ordinary form of construction of drillboot, having an opening at its lower portion adapted to engage with the furrow of the cultivating-plow. ably secured to the rear of'the frame A by means of buttons e e, pivotally mounted on said of seed,and is therefore provided with a series of agitating-arms which register with the feed openings,keeping said openings clear and free from,.clogging by the grain, as will -be readily understood.

In the forward portion of the frame A a shovel ormain cultivating plow, G,is mounted, and which is adapted to form the main'or central furrow for the reception of the seed. This plow G is mounted on a beam which projects upwardly under the frame A, and is pivotally secured in a linl; in the forward portion thereof and to a rod or lever at the rear portion thereof, which projects up to the frame and is secured to an operating-handle, g,which is adapted to engage with the recessed retaining-plate g. By means of this pivotal connection and lever the said beam of the plow G can be raised orlowered, as may be desired.

imity thereto.

The attachment'E is remov- In the rear portion of the frame A plows G are mounted, and either pivotally or rigidly secured to the said frame A. These plows are situated on each side of the frame and in such a position as to operate to cover the furrow made by the forward plow, G. The beams of these plows G project upwardly under the frame and toward the forward portion thereof, so that a greater purchase may be more readily obtained and the plow strengthened, the said beams being adapted to be constructed of either wood or metal and the parts thereof rcmovably adjustable. These beams are con nected to levers g projecting above the frame A, in close proximity to the side of the hopper 0, and are engaged by the retaining-plates g", secured to the said frame A.

Onthe side of the axle B opposite to that lever H, havin a forked end assin u s a: a p

through and pivotally mounted in arest-block or fulcrum, h, and has the coiled spring H connected thereto, which is also connected at its other end to the retaining-plate g in prox- By this means the motion of the machinery may be stopped when it is desired to turn the machine or for any other purpose, so that the seed being planted and the fertilizing material distributed will not be wasted or destroyed by the uneven draft and operation brought to bear upon the machine The plows G, arranged back of the boot E thence throw the ground over the furrow formed and the seed deposited, and at the same time thoroughly mix or cause a disinte-' gration of the fertilizing material into the ground and over the seed dropped. In planting corn it is always desirable that hills should be formed, and for this purpose the fertilizing material must necessarily be distributed in hills. To cause this distribution the spoonshaped agitator or feeding-blades are used on the wheel 2 on the center of the axle B, and being so arranged as to only engage and pass through the depending conveyer O of the hopper 0, the hills are readily formed by a quantity of the fertilizing material being withdrawn at intervals, and said hills being formed in, proportion to the distance between the feed.

end of the said conveyer O and the boot E, whereby, when the seed is dropped or passes through said boot to the furrow formed, there will be an exact registering of the seed and the fertilizer in proper and relative positions to be planted, as required. In planting cotton-seed it is necessary that the fertilizing material shall be distributed with much more rapidity and in a smaller quantity than in planting corn. To obtain this desired result the spoon-shaped blades or feeders areremoved from the wheel 2 on the axle B, and a series of small radial arms are inserted in said wheel, and by which the fertilizing material is more regularly and evenly distributed over the surface ofthe ground orinto the furrow into which the seed is sown.

I have thus described the operation of my machine when the several combinations therein are used nnitedly. It is evident, however, that the seed attachments, as well as the fertilizing-hopper C, may be removed entirely from the machine and the plows be used alone for any purpose which may be desired, either for straddle-row cultivators or single cultiva tors, and that the plows may be dispensed with by being detached and the machine converted into a t'ertilizer-distributer, or the fertilizerdistributers and plows both removed and the seed attachment connected thereto for sowing grass-seeds or other surface seeds, as may be desired and found applicable.

The-novelty and utility of my invention and its adaptability for use for the several purposes mentioned render it convenient and useful in working upon large tracts of land,where rapidity of work is desirable. It is so constructed and arranged that should any of the parts thereof strike any projections they will readily raise and release the machine entire from shock, which might otherwise prove serious to the mechanism thereof, and, further, all the parts are constructed so that they can be removed from the main frame -work A without the necessity of removing and disengaging interlocking and heavy mechanism, which not only greatly facilitates the use for which the machine is desired, but further increases its novelty and utility.

It is obvious that many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts can be made and substituted for those shown and described withoutin the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with the frame A, mounted on a single axle, B, of the fertilizerhopper O, the depending conveyer C, secured thereto, having a rear opening,the cam-faced wheel 3, mounted on the axle B, and the automatically opening and closing cut-off plate 0 operating in connection with the opening in the rear of the conveyer O, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the hopper O, having the depending conveyer 0, provided with a discharge-opening, the rotating shaft B, having the cam-wheel 3 and the arms 1, projecting into the conveyer through the dischargeopening, and the pivoted spring-actuated cutoff plate 0 bearing against the canrwheel and operated thereby to automatically open and close the discharge-opening, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the frame A, the fertilizer-distributer 0, having the depending conveyer 0, provided with a rear opening, the cutoff plate 0 the spring 0 the single axle B, and the cam-faced wheel 3, substantially as described.

4. In a combined cultivator, the combination of the supporting framework, the fertilizer-distributer mounted on the forward portion thereof and having a depending conveyer in proximity to the axle and provided with the rear feed-opening, a wheel mounted on the central part of said shaft and engaging the feed-opening of the said depending conveyer, feeding arms mounted on said wheel and adapted to regulate the flow of the material from the depending conveyer,a camway formed on the face of said wheel, and a spring-aetuated cut-off plate operated by said camway to open and close the feed-opening of the depending conveyer, substantially as described.

5. In a combined cultivator, the combination of the supporting framework mounted on a single axle, the fertilizer-distributer in the forward portion thereof, having the depending conveyer with the rear feed-opening, the wheel on the central portion of the axle engaging the said feedopening being adapted to be provided with different forms of feed arms, an automatically-operating cut-off slide adapted to close the feed-opening of the said fertilizer-distributer, and an agitator mounted within said fertilizer-distributor and operated by an eccentric mounted on the axle, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ALEXANDER OGLETREE.

\Vitnesscs:

W. '1. MONTGOMERY, A. A. BLACK. 

